By this time next year, I predict Americans will covet borosilicate glass in the same way they do N95 masks. Because this durable and heat-resistant glass is what’s needed to make vials — vials that hold the vaccines against COVID-19.
We’ve known for months that a surge in demand is coming, yet the vast majority — 70% to 90% — of medical glass is...
Lifesaving vaccines and medicines. Working with a team. The ability to grow and develop. You'll find all of this and more in the biopharma manufacturing industry.
While many people think biopharma jobs are for those with science degrees, there are opportunities for workers with educational backgrounds of all types. People from all walks of life and...
Despite being universally adopted throughout traditional manufacturing, industrial robots have failed to find a place in garment sewing applications due to the robots’ difficulties in handling limp textiles. This makes the global apparel industry strongly dependent on manual labor.
The outputs from an Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute...
Through a partnership with Catawba Valley Community College’s Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC) and Gaston College’s Textile Technology Center (TTC) comes the birth of the Manufacturing & Textile Innovation Network (MTIN).
The partnership of these two centers is a vision of Dr. Garrett Hinshaw, president of Catawba Valley Community College and...
As the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) celebrates a century of contributions to manufacturing innovation and our profession, it is a great pleasure to be part of this five-part series on how these activities have influenced the world today. This is the story of the considerable contributions that ASME and the MED have made in...
